National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26170   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
610
559
596
689
537
Unemployment rate%
5.1
4.4
4.3
4.9
4.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 322
3 635
3 891
3 673
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 373
11 402
11 553
11 789
-
Taxable income$m
374.7
375.9
398.0
433.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 946
32 967
34 449
36 782
-
Net tax$m
75.8
79.3
83.7
91.9
-
Average net tax$
6 665
6 957
7 248
7 795
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
21.1
21.0
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 124
8 427
8 631
8 576
-
Wage and salary income $m
239.9
256.7
271.9
282.4
-
Total income $m
254.2
271.2
288.6
299.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 527
30 460
31 499
32 929
-
Average total income$
31 291
32 181
33 441
34 881
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
53.1
52.8
52.9
-
Females%
45.8
46.9
47.2
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
20.1
20.0
20.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.8
19.6
18.6
17.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.7
23.4
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.2
24.2
24.7
24.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
12.5
13.3
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.3
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.5
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.3
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
12.7
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.7
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
14.7
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.2
9.2
9.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
9.4
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.4
13.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
6.8
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 772
3 472
3 174
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
119.1
86.5
82.4
-
-
Total income$m
124.1
97.6
93.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 574
24 909
25 953
-
-
Average total income$
32 893
28 097
29 415
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 490
2 475
2 388
2 370
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
726
795
867
837
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
291
315
342
345
Total businessesno.
-
3 507
3 585
3 597
3 552
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
327
300
306
Employing businessesno.
-
-
120
93
126
Total business entriesno.
-
-
447
393
432
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
360
327
273
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
30
138
Total business exitsno.
-
-
387
357
411
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year